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July 31, 2021
Placencia, Belize
#GuyGalves2021

Celeshia & Jamal

We're tying the knot!

Jamal Galves

and

Celeshia Guy

#GuyGalves2021

July 31, 2021

Placencia, Belize

How We Met

Blame it on the manatees!

July 27th, 2012 the world tilted just enough to make us cross paths. Celeshia was accompanying a group of international students to a presentation that I was hosting. As the group gathered in the conference room my eyes caught this beautiful young lady whom I initially thought was an American. As the introductions made their way around the room my sole interest was to hear her name to go look her up and connect. She said, "My name is Celeshia and I’m from Belize". Her name was one I’ve never heard before and had a beautiful “ring” to it, but I was more excited to hear she’s Belizean. I must have given that talk a thousand times, but weirdly this time her presence caused some nervousness. After the talk, we headed out on the boat to see manatees. I reflect back on how odd it must have seemed for me, the leader, to sit at the back of the boat, but yes, she was sitting at the back of the boat too. I was so dedicated to ensuring that I made her see a manatee and I looked for every reason to speak to her. Her smile was the first thing I fell in love with that I sneakily took a picture of her smiling. Once the tour was completed, I thought there is no way she’s leaving here without me getting her contact. As she was walking away, I had to think fast so I expressed my sincere interest in working with her on an educational campaign. Yes, the interest was sincere just not about education, but sincere in winning this girl's heart. I pulled out my business card to try to impress her, but she wasn’t. “Damn, she is too professional,” I thought to myself. Later that day, I sent the first of many emails to her and checked and reloaded my email every few minutes looking for a response from her. Each day I didn’t get a response the more anxious I was to keep checking; until bam - her email that felt like it was coming from a distance had finally arrived. This was the start of what turned out to be one of our life's greatest blessings and a lifetime of love and happiness!

The Proposal

Put a ring on it!

Two days before Celeshia went off to university, I convinced her to go on an overnight getaway to Chan Chich Lodge - which, for the record, was a major challenge to get her to agree to. I had the entire trip planned out with the help of the amazing Chan Chich staff. It was a beautiful happy hour set-up at the lagoon side at sunset. I played music from my truck and asked her to dance, and in my dance movement I got down on one knee and popped the question. She said a resounding YES! From that day we decided that we would tie the knot in 2021, and here we are!

Our Relationship

Timeline

July 2012 - We met Sometime in 2013 - We officially started dating January 2016 - We moved in together June 2017 - We built our home together September 2018 - We got engaged We're so excited to celebrate this chapter of our lives with you! See you at Sirenian Bay!

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